100% RAW Adds Iranian Affiliate

I think we should hold powerlifting sanctions against Iran till they agree to stop there nuclear programs.

Raw is probably the only way to go anyway in Iran. In a country where the average GDP is $10,600 powerlifting gear is out of reach for ordinary folks.

So, how are we going to have international competition with them??? I would wager that with homeland security being what it is it would be pretty interesting to get them into the country, and I don't really know a lot of people trying to travel to Iran.

I wonder if Rezazadeh will do any RAW meets. That'd be sweet.

I would like to see raw get more meets in the usa. They offered 14 different states but only have 1 meet in some a year. My opinion is lets work on getting more lifters here than from other countries or is it that nobody in the usa wants the meets???? Please sombody post somthing???

I attended a Philippine-Iran Friendship neet in Manila July 12-13. Iran officials informed me their IPF program has grown from 400 lifters five years ago to 4000 today. They had 400 entries for a recent
JR-Sub JR national.
My take on their situation is that PL is for the wealthier, middle and upper class which has access to facilities - and some government subsidy.

I had no idea Iran actually did any powerlifting.

There were lifters and referees from Iran at the IPF Masters Worlds last year and there were blind lifters from Iran entered int he World Blind Powerlifting Meet held in Miami this year but they could not get visas to enter the USA>

Regina

This is exactly my question. How is 100% RAW in the U.S. going to be able to compete with their affiliated federation in Iran???????

This could only be more assinine and moronic only if it was made by another "anonymous" poster.

Tell me it was a joke.

now lets see them get some more states. even canada.